Junior college products have made a significant difference for NCAA Tournament titlists. Keith Erickson (El Camino CA), Jack Hirsch (Los Angeles Valley CA), Larry Hollyfield (Compton CA), Terry Schofield (Santa Monica CA), John Vallely (Orange Coast CA) and Sidney Wicks (Santa Monica CA) were instrumental in helping UCLA win seven of its NCAA championships (1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973) and mighty mite Bobby Joe Hill (Burlington IA) was the spark-plug for Texas Western when the Miners captured the 1966 title. Wicks is the only individual to become a member of three NCAA champions after playing in junior college.

No juco recruit will make an impact this year and be able to join the following alphabetical list of key Final Four team regulars previously playing for a junior college:

J.C. Recruit	Pos.	Final Four Team(s)	Junior College(s)
George Ackles	C	UNLV '91	Garden City (Kan.)
Tony Allen	G	Oklahoma State '04	Wabash Valley (Ill.)
Malcolm Armstead	G	Wichita State '13	Chipola (Fla.)
Rex Bailey	G	Western Kentucky '71	Vincennes (Ind.)
Jarvis Basnight	F	UNLV '87	Mount San Antonio (Calif.)
Warren Baxter	G	San Francisco '55 & '56	San Francisco City
Corey Beck	G	Arkansas '94 & '95	South Plains (Tex.)
Walter Berry	F	St. John's '85	San Jacinto (Tex.)
Kavell Bigby-Williams	F-C	Oregon '17	Gillette (Wyo.)
Daron "Mookie" Blaylock	G	Oklahoma '88	Midland (Tex.)
Corie Blount	C	Cincinnati '92	Rancho Santiago (Calif.)
Carl Boldt	F	San Francisco '56	Glendale (Calif.)
Kenny Booker	F-G	UCLA '70 & '71	Long Beach (Calif.)
Roy Boone	G	Wisconsin '00	Coffeyville (Kan.)
Ron Brewer	G	Arkansas '78	Westark (Ark.)
Karl Brown	G	Georgia Tech '90	Chipola (Fla.)
Terry Brown	G	Kansas '91	Erie (Pa.) & Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
Pembrook Burrows	F	Jacksonville '70	Brevard (Fla.)
David Butler	C	UNLV '90	San Jacinto (Tex.)
Chet Carr	F	Southern California '54	Vallejo (Calif.)
Jerry Chambers	F-C	Utah '66	Trinidad (Colo.)
Jason Cipolla	G	Syracuse '96	Tallahassee (Fla.)
DeShawn Corprew	F	Texas Tech '19	South Plains (Tex.)
Charlie Criss	G	New Mexico State '70	New Mexico J.C.
Howie Dallmar	G	Stanford '42	Menlo (Calif.)
Bennett Davison	F	Arizona '97	West Valley (Calif.)
Art Day	C	San Francisco '57	Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.)
Jason Detrick	G	Oklahoma '02	Southwest Missouri State-West Plains
Alex Dillard	G	Arkansas '94 & '95	Southern Union (Ala.)
Don Draper	G	Drake '69	Coffeyville (Kan.)
Al Dunbar	G	San Francisco '57	Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.)
Malik Dunbar	G-F	Auburn '19	College of Central Florida
Jerry Dunn	F	Western Kentucky '71	Vincennes (Ind.)
Cleanthony Early	F	Wichita State '13	Sullivan County (N.Y.)
Ebi Ere	G	Oklahoma '02	Barton County (Kan.)
Denny Fitzpatrick	G	California '59	Orange Coast (Calif.)
Jerry Frizzell	F	Seattle '58	Grays Harbor (Wash.)
Dean Garrett	C	Indiana '87	City College of San Francisco
Alex Gilbert	C	Indiana State '79	Coffeyville (Kan.)
Armon Gilliam	F-C	UNLV '87	Independence (Kan.)
Artis Gilmore	C	Jacksonville '70	Gardner-Webb (N.C.)
Ricky Grace	G	Oklahoma '88	Midland (Tex.)
Harvey Grant	F	Oklahoma '88	Independence (Kan.)
Jeff Graves	F-C	Kansas '03	Iowa Western
Hassani Gravett	G	South Carolina '17	Pensacola State (Fla.)
Evric Gray	F	UNLV '91	Riverside (Calif.)
Rickey Green	G	Michigan '76	Vincennes (Ind.)
Carl Hall	F	Wichita State '13	Middle Georgia & Northwest Florida State
Arnette Hallman	F	Purdue '80	Joliet (Ill.)
Dick Hammer	G	Southern California '54	Fullerton (Calif.)
Darrin Hancock	F	Kansas '93	Garden City (Kan.)
Josh Harrellson	C	Kentucky '11	Southwestern Illinois
Bobby Joe Hill	G	Texas Western '66	Burlington (Iowa)
Larry Hollyfield	G-F	UCLA '72 & '73	Compton (Calif.)
Lenzie Howell	F	Arkansas '90	San Jacinto (Tex.)
Othello Hunter	F	Ohio State '07	Hillsborough (Fla.)
Roy Irvin	C	Southern California '54	Fullerton (Calif.)
Aundre Jackson	F	Loyola of Chicago '18	McLennan (Tex.)
Bobby Jackson	G	Minnesota '97	Western Nebraska
Alonzo Jamison	F	Kansas '91	Rancho Santiago (Calif.)
David Johanning	C	Kansas '91	Hutchinson (Kan.)
Larry Johnson	F	UNLV '90 & '91	Odessa (Tex.)
Dontae' Jones	F	Mississippi State '96	Northeast Mississippi
Herb Jones	F	Cincinnati '92	Butler County (Kan.)
John Keller	F-G	Kansas '52	Garden City (Kan.)
Larry Kenon	F	Memphis State '73	Amarillo (Tex.)
Weldon Kern	F	Oklahoma A&M '45 & '46	Cameron (Okla.)
Charlie Koon	G	Washington '53	Olympic (Wash.)
Don Kruse	C	Houston '67	Kilgore (Tex.)
Vern Lewis	G	Houston '67 & '68	Tyler (Tex.)
Chadrack Lufile	F	Wichita State '13	Chipola (Fla.), Vincennes (Ind.) & Coffeyville (Kan.)
Akolda Manyang	C	Oklahoma '16	Indian Hills (Iowa)
Archie Marshall	F	Kansas '86	Seminole (Okla.)
Erik Martin	F	Cincinnati '92	Rancho Santiago (Calif.)
Bob McAdoo	C	North Carolina '72	Vincennes (Ind.)
Bill McClintock	F	California '59 & '60	Monterey Peninsula (Calif.)
J'Von McCormick	G	Auburn '19	Lee (Tex.)
Aaron McGhee	F-C	Oklahoma '02	Vincennes (Ind.)
Johnny McNeil	C	Georgia Tech '90	Chowan (N.C.)
Lincoln Minor	G	Kansas '88	Midland (Tex.)
Wat Misaka	G	Utah '44	Weber (Utah)
Casey Mitchell	G	West Virginia '10	Chipola (Fla.)
Larry Moffett	C	UNLV '77	Compton (Calif.)
Rex Morgan	G	Jacksonville '70	Lake Land (Ill.)
Roger Morningstar	F	Kansas '74	Olney (Ill.) Central
Willie Murrell	F	Kansas State '64	Eastern Oklahoma A&M
Swen Nater	C	UCLA '72 & '73	Cypress (Calif.)
Carl Nicks	G	Indiana State '79	Gulf Coast (Fla.)
Jim Nielsen	F	UCLA '67 & '68	Pierce (Calif.)
Charles Okwandu	C	Connecticut '11	Harcum (Pa.)
Ehimen Orukpe	C	Wichita State '13	Three Rivers (Mo.)
V.C. "Buck" Overall	F	Texas '43	Tyler (Tex.)
Andre Owens	G	Oklahoma State '95	Midland (Tex.)
Gerald Paddio	F	UNLV '87	Kilgore (Tex.) & Seminole (Okla.)
Hal Patterson	F	Kansas '53	Garden City (Kan.)
Mike Preaseau	F	San Francisco '56 & '57	Menlo (Calif.)
Ryan Randle	F-C	Maryland '02	Allegany (Md.)
George Reese	F	Ohio State '99	Independence (Kan.)
George Reynolds	G	Houston '68	Imperial Valley (Calif.)
Morris "Moe" Rivers	G	North Carolina State '74	Gulf Coast (Fla.)
Dave Rose	G	Houston '83	Dixie State (Utah)
Lynden Rose	G	Houston '82	North Harris County (Tex.)
Terrell Ross	G	Texas '03	Allegany (Md.)
Randy Rutherford	G	Oklahoma State '95	Bacone (Okla.)
Greg Samuel	G	Florida State '72	Broward (Fla.)
Terry Schofield	G	UCLA '69, '70 & '71	Santa Monica (Calif.)
Moses Scurry	F	UNLV '90	San Jacinto (Tex.)
Daryan Selvy	F	Oklahoma '02	Carl Albert (Okla.)
Tony Skinn	G	George Mason '06	Blinn (Tex.)
Keith Smart	G	Indiana '87	Garden City (Kan.)
Odie Smith	G	Kentucky '58	Northeast Mississippi
Robert Smith	G	UNLV '77	Arizona Western
Sam Smith	F	UNLV '77	Seminole (Okla.)
Phil Spence	F	North Carolina State '74	Vincennes (Ind.)
Elmore Spencer	C	UNLV '91	Connors (Okla.) State
Leroy Staley	F	Indiana State '79	Florida J.C.
Dwight Stewart	C	Arkansas '94 & '95	South Plains (Tex.)
Jozsef Szendrei	C	Oklahoma '02	Northeastern (Colo.)
Rich Tate	G	Utah '66	Trinidad (Colo.)
Ron Thomas	F	Louisville '72	Henderson County (Tex.)
Tom Tolbert	F	Arizona '88	Cerritos (Calif.)
Nick Van Exel	G	Cincinnati '92	Trinity Valley (Tex.)
Eloy Vargas	C	Kentucky '11 & '12	Miami-Dade (Fla.)
Toby Veal	F	Virginia Commonwealth '11	Northwest Florida State
Mark Wade	G	UNLV '87	El Camino (Calif.)
Dinjiyl Walker	G	Oklahoma '16	Iowa Western
Russell Walters	F	Mississippi State '96	Jones County (Miss.)
Lloyd Walton	G	Marquette '74	Moberly (Mo.)
Janavor Weatherspoon	G	Oklahoma State '04	Odessa (Tex.)
Wes Westfall	F	Memphis State '73	Trinidad (Colo.)
Quannas White	G	Oklahoma '02	Midland (Tex.)
Jerome Whitehead	C	Marquette '77	Riverside (Calif.) City
Nick Wiggins	G	Wichita State '13	Vincennes (Ind.) & Wabash Valley (Ill.)
Andre Wiley	F	Oklahoma '88	Compton (Calif.)
David Willard	C	UNLV '87	Laredo (Tex.)
Willie Wise	F	Drake '69	San Francisco City
Gary Zeller	G	Drake '69	Long Beach (Calif.)

Hubert Davis realized coaching nirvana as rookie head coach by reaching the national semifinals in inaugural campaign similar to fellow North Carolina mentor Bill Guthridge in 1998. In the last 60 years, the F4 college rookie class also includes Steve Fisher (Michigan interim in 1989), Larry Brown (UCLA in 1980), Bill Hodges (Indiana State in 1979) and Gary Thompson (Wichita in 1965). The last time all four coaches were F4 newbies was in 1959 (California's Pete Newell/West Virginia's Fred Schaus/Cincinnati's George Smith/Louisville's Peck Hickman).

Final Four debuts were a long time coming the previous decade for Dana Altman (Oregon), Mark Few (Gonzaga) and Big Ten Conference coaches John Beilein (Michigan) and Bo Ryan (Wisconsin). Since the start of the NCAA Tournament in 1939, no coach ever took longer in his four-year college career to reach the DI Final Four than Beilein (31 seasons; 21 at major-college level). Ryan (30) and Altman (28) joined five other coaches to take more than 20 years to achieve the milestone - Jim Calhoun (27), Dick Bennett (24), Gary Williams (23), Jim Larranaga (22 with George Mason) and Norm Sloan (22).

There was at least one fresh face among bench bosses at the national semifinals all but once (1993) in a 27-year span from 1985 through 2011. Connecticut's Kevin Ollie joined Indiana's Mike Davis and VCU's Shaka Smart as coaches only in their second campaign to steer squads to the Final Four in the 21st Century. Davis joined the following list of coaches advancing to the Final Four for first time since legendary John Wooden's first F4 in 1962 (in reverse order):

• 2022 - Hubert Davis (North Carolina/1st season as head coach).
• 2021 - Mick Cronin (UCLA/18th) and Scott Drew (Baylor/19th).
• 2019 - Chris Beard (Texas Tech/7th season overall and fourth with DI school at four-year college level), Tony Bennett (Virginia/13th) and Bruce Pearl (Auburn/24th overall and 15th at DI).
• 2018 - Porter Moser (Loyola of Chicago/15th).
• 2017 - Dana Altman (Oregon/28th), Mark Few* (Gonzaga/18th) and Frank Martin (South Carolina/10th).
• 2016 - All returnees.
• 2015 - All returnees.
• 2014 - Kevin Ollie (Connecticut/2nd) and Bo Ryan* (Wisconsin/30th).
• 2013 - John Beilein* (Michigan/21st at major-college level and 31st overall) and Gregg Marshall (Wichita State/15th).
• 2012 - All returnees.
• 2011 - Shaka Smart (Virginia Commonwealth/2nd).
• 2010 - Brad Stevens* (Butler/3rd).
• 2009 - Jay Wright* (Villanova/15th).
• 2008 - Bill Self* (Kansas/15th).
• 2007 - Thad Matta* (Ohio State/7th) and John Thompson III (Georgetown/7th).
• 2006 - John Brady (Louisiana State/15th), Ben Howland* (UCLA/12th) and Jim Larranaga (George Mason/22nd).
• 2005 - Bruce Weber (Illinois/6th).
• 2004 - Paul Hewitt (Georgia Tech/7th).
• 2003 - Rick Barnes (Texas/16th) and Tom Crean (Marquette/4th).
• 2002 - Mike Davis (Indiana/2nd) and Kelvin Sampson* (Oklahoma/20th).
• 2001 - Gary Williams* (Maryland/23rd).
• 2000 - Dick Bennett (Wisconsin/24th) and Billy Donovan* (Florida/6th).
• 1999 - Jim Calhoun* (Connecticut/27th), Tom Izzo* (Michigan State/4th) and Jim O'Brien (Ohio State/17th).
• 1998 - Bill Guthridge* (North Carolina/1st), Rick Majerus (Utah/14th) and Tubby Smith (Kentucky/7th).
• 1997 - Clem Haskins (Minnesota/17th).
• 1996 - John Calipari* (Massachusetts/8th) and Richard Williams (Mississippi State/10th).
• 1995 - Jim Harrick (UCLA/16th).
• 1994 - Lon Kruger* (Florida/12th).
• 1993 - All returnees.
• 1992 - Bob Huggins* (Cincinnati/8th at major-college level and 11th overall).
• 1991 - Roy Williams* (Kansas/3rd).
• 1990 - Bobby Cremins (Georgia Tech/15th) and Nolan Richardson* (Arkansas/10th).
• 1989 - P.J. Carlesimo (Seton Hall/14th) and Steve Fisher* (Michigan/1st).
• 1988 - Billy Tubbs (Oklahoma/12th at major-college level and 14th overall).
• 1987 - Jim Boeheim* (Syracuse/11th) and Rick Pitino* (Providence/7th).
• 1986 - Mike Krzyzewski* (Duke/11th).
• 1985 - Lou Carnesecca (St. John's/17th), Dana Kirk (Memphis State/9th season at major-college level and 14th overall) and Rollie Massimino (Villanova/12th season at major-college level and 14th overall).
• 1984 - All returnees.
• 1983 - Jim Valvano (North Carolina State/11th at major-college level and 12th overall).
• 1982 - John Thompson Jr.* (Georgetown/9th).
• 1981 - Dale Brown* (Louisiana State/9th) and Terry Holland* (Virginia/12th).
• 1980 - Larry Brown* (UCLA/1st) and Robert "Lute" Olson* (Iowa/7th).
• 1979 - George "Jud" Heathcote (Michigan State/8th), Bill Hodges (Indiana State/1st) and Bob Weinhauer (Penn/2nd).
• 1978 - Bill E. Foster (Duke/18th), Richard "Digger" Phelps (Notre Dame/8th) and Eddie Sutton* (Arkansas/9th).
• 1977 - Lee Rose* (UNC Charlotte/2nd at major-college level and 10th overall) and Jerry Tarkanian* (UNLV/9th).
• 1976 - Johnny Orr (Michigan/11th) and Tom Young (Rutgers/16th).
• 1975 - Joe B. Hall* (Kentucky/6th at major-college level and 9th overall) and Roy Danforth (Syracuse/7th).
• 1974 - Al McGuire* (Marquette/10th at major-college level and 17th overall) and Norm Sloan (North Carolina State/18th at major-college level and 22nd overall).
• 1973 - Bobby "Gene" Bartow* (Memphis State/3rd at major-college level and 12th overall), Dave Gavitt (Providence/6th) and Bob Knight* (Indiana/8th).
• 1972 - Denny Crum* (Louisville/1st) and Hugh Durham* (Florida State/6th).
• 1971 - Jack Kraft (Villanova/10th), John Oldham (Western Kentucky/16th) and Ted Owens* (Kansas/7th).
• 1970 - Lou Henson* (New Mexico State/8th), Larry Weise (St. Bonaventure/9th) and Joe Williams (Jacksonville/4th at major-college level and 6th overall).
• 1969 - Maury John (Drake/11th) and George King (Purdue/9th at major-college level and 10th overall).
• 1968 - All returnees.
• 1967 - Don Donoher (Dayton/3rd), Guy Lewis* (Houston/11th) and Dean Smith* (North Carolina/6th).
• 1966 - Don Haskins (Texas Western/5th).
• 1965 - Gary Thompson (Wichita/1st) and Willem "Butch" van Breda Kolff (Princeton/7th at major-college level and 14th overall).
• 1964 - Dave Strack* (Michigan/5th).
• 1963 - Vic Bubas* (Duke/4th) and George Ireland (Loyola of Chicago/12th).
• 1962 - Horace "Bones" McKinney (Wake Forest/5th) and John Wooden* (UCLA/14th at major-college level and 16th overall).

*Subsequently returned to the Final Four.

Unless you're busy hoarding toilet paper for next pandemic, seeking translator to try to understand Plagiarist Bidumb or cowering in fetal position from college basketball version of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds, it's your opportunity to start taking online tests for 23 quarantined days symbolic of normal time frame from Selection Sunday to Monday evening championship contest.

We need something to occupy our minds during quarantine from much of the invective-infected #MessMedia. Emphasizing a "one-and-only" theme for a "one-and-only" event, here is Day 15 of a treasure-trove of tantalizing NCAA Tournament trivia questions from CollegeHoopedia.com tracking the only coach, conference, player or school to be linked to a distinguished or dubious achievement (click here for answers or conduct research digesting historical morsels in CollegeHoopedia.com's year-by-year highlights):

1. Who is the only individual to play for two NCAA champions, play for more than two NBA champions and coach two NBA champions. Hint: He was the first of four players to be a member of an NCAA championship team one year and an NBA titlist the next season as a rookie. He won the high jump in the West Coast Relays his senior year.

2. Who is the only individual to average fewer than four points per game as a freshman and then be selected Final Four Most Outstanding Player the next season as a sophomore. Hint: He had more three-point baskets in two Final Four games than contributing his entire freshman season.

3. Who is the only player named to an All-NCAA Tournament team not to score a total of more than 10 points in two Final Four games? Hint: He had the same point total in each Final Four game for a team whose star had same last name.

4. Who is the only Final Four Most Outstanding Player to later coach his alma mater in the NCAA Tournament? Hint: The guard was named Most Outstanding Player although he was his team's fourth-leading scorer at Final Four that year.

5. Name the only school to have two of the six eligible teams ranked among the top five in the AP and/or UPI final polls to not participate in either the NCAA Tournament or the NIT in the days before teams other than the conference champion could be chosen to the NCAA playoffs as at-large entrants. Hint: The school lost three regional finals in one four-year span and hasn't reached Final Four in last 50-plus years.

6. Who is the only coach to lose more than five regional final games? Hint: His regional final defeats were by an average margin of 10 points and his biggest nemesis was the Big Ten Conference.

7. Who is the only individual to become NBA Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player to participate in the NCAA Tournament but never win an NCAA playoff game? Hint: He shared the NBA Rookie of the Year award with another player who was on the losing end in his only NCAA Tournament appearance. Two years later, he was NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player the same season named league MVP.

8. Of the more than 40 different players to be named NBA Most Valuable Player, score more than 20,000 points in the pros or be selected to an All-NBA team at least five times after participating in the NCAA Tournament, who is the only one to average fewer than 10 points per game in the NCAA playoffs? Hint: He is believed to be the youngest Hall of Famer to appear in an NCAA championship game at the tender age of 16 and subsequently was named to 12 consecutive All-NBA teams.

9. Who is the only guard to score more than 35 points in an NCAA final? Hint: He led his team in scoring in back-to-back Final Fours but wasn't named Final Four Most Outstanding Player either year. He is the only championship team player to have a two-game total of at least 70 points at the Final Four and is the shortest undergraduate to average more than 20 points per game for an NCAA titlist.

10. Who is the only player to have as many as 20 field goals in an NCAA championship game? Hint: He scored fewer than seven points in both his tourney debut and final playoff appearance.

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The herd-mentality "experts" on lame-stream TV are routinely mistaken on coronavirus issues large and small - from effectiveness of donning masks, reusable bags, virus modeling and hydroxychloroquine treatments. Their frequent stunning litany of Dr. Fraudci failure is reminiscent of ranking high school basketball recruits and their eventual impact. Vaping loyalists for big-name schools count on remaining or returning to elite status via recruiting services. Typically, the herd-mentality national media falls in lockstep predicting most of them will be back to at least near the top of the national polls. But welfare writers (accepting guesswork handouts from well-meaning but ineffectual middle men) better hope the recruiting gurus ranking high school hotshots emerge from a sorry slump. Textbook example two seasons ago was consensus national player of the year Obi Toppin (Dayton) not ranking among the nation's Top 100 recruits coming out of high school. Last year, unanimous national player of the year Luka Garza (Iowa) barely cracked the Top 100. Ditto Final Four Most Outstanding Player Jared Butler (Baylor).

Assessing standouts this campaign, NCAA consensus first-team All-Americans Ochai Agbaji (Kansas), Johnny Davis (Wisconsin) and Keegan Murray (Iowa) weren't Top 100 recruits coming out of high school along with JD Notae (Arkansas). Elsewhere, Jaden Ivey (Purdue) and Bennedict Mathurin (Arizona) barely cracked the H.S. Top 100 in 2019.

Four years ago, Kansas guard Devonte' Graham was nowhere to be found among the nation's Top 100 high school recruits in 2014. Four years ago, national POY teammate Frank Mason wasn't among the consensus Top 75 coming out of high school in 2013. But at least Mason was somewhere between 75 and 100 similar to Michigan State's Denzel Valentine, who shared national POY awards four seasons ago with Oklahoma's Buddy Hield (outside Top 100 in 2012). Well, if roof-top dancing bartender AOC is correct about climate change and defending colleague's outrageous "some people did something," we only need to tolerate college hoopdom's crowning jewel for junk science about 10 more years.

What good are prep player rankings and ESPN's periodic commitment announcements if the brainiac analysts can't come close to pinpointing a prospect who will emerge among the elite collegiate players in a couple of years? Ten seasons ago provided ample evidence of rating ineptitude when four of the five NCAA unanimous All-American first-team selections, including national player of the year Trey Burke (Michigan), weren't ranked among the consensus Top 100 H.S. recruits assembled by RSCI the years they left high school. First-teamer Kelly Olynyk (Gonzaga) and Final Four MOP Luke Hancock (Louisville) weren't among the top 100 in 2009. First-teamers Doug McDermott (Creighton) and Victor Oladipo (Indiana) plus honorable mention All-American Russ Smith (leading scorer for NCAA champion Louisville) weren't among the top 100 in 2010.

The player pimps, "hustling" more than ambulance-chasing attorney Ben Crump to profit off multitude of miscreants, certainly lack credibility. Burke, McDermott, Frank Kaminsky (Wisconsin) and Hield pooled their previously overlooked assets to assemble a string of four straight national POY honorees. Burke wasn't included among the consensus top 100 in 2011 although every scout in this burgeoning charade saw him play on the same high school squad with eventual Ohio State All-American Jared Sullinger. Ditto McDermott with regal recruit Harrison Barnes (North Carolina).

Media hacks as confused as Bruce Jenner, inauguration boycotters, disgraced California Rep. Katie Hill, know-nothing leftist lunatics banning plastic straws and #MadMaxine expounding on college loans, apparently incapable of calculating the difference between AAU-pickup street ball and genuine team ball, should be deep-sixed when you compared Hield and Valentine against the following list of mediocre players ranked among the consensus Top 40 recruits in 2012: Chaquille Cleare (averaged 3.5 ppg for Maryland and Texas), DaJuan Coleman (4.8 ppg/Syracuse), Grant Jerrett (5.2 ppg/Arizona) and Omar Calhoun (6 ppg/Connecticut).

As a cautionary measure when considering prize prospects lists, pore over this information again the next time some lazy broadcaster needing a drool bucket begins slobbering over a pimple-faced teenager without ever seeing him play firsthand and only using recruiting services as a resource. The dopey devotees intoxicated by recruiting services should simply be ignored for accepting as gospel player rankings dwelling on wingspans, weight reps, Soul Train dance moves and carnival-like dunk contests. How about focusing solely on whether they'll continue to improve against comparable athletes, boast the proper attitude to learn to fit in with teammates in a me-myself-and-I generation and make a major bottom-line impact on the game rather than strut-your-stuff swagger? When pass is considered a dirty four-letter word, the chronic over-hyping doesn't appear as if it will end anytime soon.

Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player and three-point shooting sensation Stephen Curry (Davidson) is perhaps the premier collegian thus far this century. If you've got a life, you don't have time to go over all of the no-names ranked better than Curry when he graduated from high school in 2006. You'd have an easier task competing in the national spelling bee, trying to size up all of the issues involving coach Frank Haith's checking account when he was at Miami (Fla.), helping Bruce Pearl remember decor inside of his old TN residence, discerning how much Roy Williams "earned" in academic progress bonuses at North Carolina or believing Rick Pitino's Sgt. "I-Know-Nothing" Schultz routine at Louisville regarding recruiting regaling.

Rating recruits - the ultimate sports distortion foisted upon dupes - is akin to believing government grifters telling the gullible masses taxpayer-financed Muslim extremist terrorism is workplace violence or fueled by a largely-unseen movie (such as #ShrillaryRotten lying about video in front of caskets at Andrews AFB duplicating her honesty when describing dodging Bosnian bullets). Pilfering a propaganda-like phrase spun during the institutionalizing of political correctness to the detriment of the safety of the American people, the player ratings are authentic "man-made disasters." They need to make a dramatic turnaround comparable to the Obama White House's post-marathon bombing appeasing administration lauding Cambridge/Boston area police after previous exploitation portraying them as "acting stupidly" when it suited their agenda. Amid the insulting misinformation overload, it might be time to visit Rev. Wrong's church and see if he is recruiting susceptible supporters by telling his captive audience "America's Chechens have come home to roost." Truth-escape artists supporting chronic criminals rather than law enforcement and opponents of Tsarnaev receiving a death-penalty sentence can simply deny you ever heard or read such impudence.

The same play-dumb mindset comparable to the Benghazi stonewalling, VA executive comparing veteran care waits to long lines at Disney theme park, IRS conservative-group targeting and general incompetence, #ShrillaryRotten's State Department IT chief unable to provide his emails or being willing to talk to investigators plus fondness for determining transgender dumping grounds applies to entitlement-era "ridiculists" stemming from recruiting service player ratings. Resembling Jason Collins' long-time fiancée, you look like a full-fledged fool by putting a significant amount of stock in these breathless rush-to-judgment projections spawning a slew of blue-chippers turned prima donnas. But don't muzzle 'em with a jock jihad or sound as lucid as the buffoonish Bomb Mom. Just give the sane a barf bag when clueless adults hold their collective breath to see if coddled scholar dons their alma mater's cap on TV announcing a college choice. Why can't we simply wait until impressionable teenagers such as Dayton dynamo Toppin, Murray State marvel Ja Morant plus KU kinetic knockouts Mason and Graham compete in an actual game on both ends of a college court against comparable athletes before rendering assessments on their ability at the next level?

The Final Four missing-in-action microscope is focusing on a pair of pilots from Indiana universities - Notre Dame's Mike Brey and Purdue's Matt Painter - as the most prominent active power-league coaches participating in more than a dozen tourneys never to reach the national semifinals. Brey and Painter are in same AWOL category with all-time greats John Chaney, Fran Dunphy, Lefty Driesell, Gene Keady and Norm Stewart - retired luminaries failing to advance to the national semifinals in a total of 81 NCAA Tournaments before Dunphy returned to coaching ranks at his alma mater (La Salle). "It's so difficult not being able to make that final step," said Chaney, who lost five regional finals with Temple.

Driesell made 11 NCAA playoff appearances with Davidson and Maryland from 1966 through 1986. "I always wanted to get to the Final Four, but not as much as some people think," said Driesell, who lost four regional finals. "I'm not obsessed with it."

Only four schools - North Carolina, Duke, Georgetown and Syracuse - supplied more NCAA consensus first- and second-team All-Americans from 1982 through 1992 than Stewart-coached Missouri (seven). It was particularly frustrating for Mizzou fans when the Tigers compiled a 4-8 NCAA tourney worksheet in that span.

Some mentors never will receive the accolades they deserve because of failing to reach the Promised Land. Exhibit A is Purdue, where Keady and Painter have combined for 31 NCAA tourney appearances without advancing to national semifinals. There were 100,000 reasons Sean Miller joined this dubious list after dismal first-round loss against Buffalo in 2018 despite bringing freshman phenom Deandre Ayton to Arizona in some form or fashion (cause or no cause). Miller needed a safe space on campus to curl up in fetal position stemming from eventual fallout from FBI probe prior to recently returning to Xavier, but the following "Generation Hex" list includes prominent coaches without a Final Four berth on their resume despite more than 10 NCAA Tournament appearances:

Coach	NCAA Tourneys	Playoff Record (Pct.)	Closest to Reaching Final Four
Gene Keady	18	19-18 (.514)	regional runner-up with Purdue in 1994 and 2000
John Chaney	17	23-17 (.575)	regional runner-up with Temple five times (1988-91-93-99-01)
Fran Dunphy	17	3-17 (.150)	won three opening-round games with Penn and Temple (1994, 2011 and 2013)
Norm Stewart	16	12-16 (.429)	regional runner-up with Missouri in 1976 and 1994
Mike Brey	15	15-15 (.500)	regional runner-up with Notre Dame in 2015 and 2016
Lefty Driesell	13	16-14 (.533)	regional runner-up four times with Davidson and Maryland (1968-69-73-75)
Matt Painter	13	17-14 (.548)	regional runner-up with Purdue in 2019
Steve Alford	11	11-11 (.500)	Sweet 16 on four occasions (once with Southwest Missouri State and three times with UCLA)
Dave Bliss	11	8-11 (.421)	regional semifinals with Oklahoma in 1979
Pete Carril	11	4-11 (.267)	won two games with Princeton in 1983
Gale Catlett	11	7-11 (.389)	regional semifinals with West Virginia in 1998
Tom Davis	11	18-11 (.621)	regional runner-up with Boston College in 1982 and Iowa in 1987
Jamie Dixon	12	13-12 (.520)	regional runner-up with Pittsburgh in 2009
Mark Gottfried	11	10-11 (.476)	regional runner-up with Alabama in 2004
Sean Miller	11	19-11 (.633)	four regional final losses (with Arizona previous decade)
Tom Penders	11	12-11 (.522)	regional runner-up with Texas in 1990

If you are qualified and gotten more interested these days in the vanguard of state-by-state All-American blackboard information than bored by which state petty politicians are lying in, then campaign with the following strategic delegate knowledge: Only five of 17 All-Americans named by AP, NABC and USBWA this season are homegrown in-state products.

Georgia wouldn't struggle to be national force if it kept in-state regal recruits home. GA is one of eight states accounting for more than 25 different All-Americans beyond their borders - New York (92), Illinois (65), Pennsylvania (50), Indiana (44), California (43), New Jersey (40), Georgia (27), Maryland (27), Texas (25), Ohio (24), North Carolina (21), Michigan (20) and Missouri (20). This season, Auburn's Walker Kessler and Jabari Smith Jr. plus Arkansas' JD Notae helped Georgia move into a tie for seventh place in the all-time A-A supply-chain lead regarding out-of-state recruits. Following is an alphabetical list of states supplying players who were from or attended high school (some before attending prep school) in a state other than where they earned All-American recognition while attending a four-year university.

Alabama (11) - Kentucky's DeMarcus Cousins (2010), Jacksonville's Artis Gilmore (1970 and 1971), Kentucky State's Travis Grant (1972), Colorado State's Bill Green (1963), Memphis State's Larry Kenon (1973), Southern Illinois' Joe C. Meriweather (1975), Louisville's Allen Murphy (1975), Kansas' Bud Stallworth (1972), Texas Southern's Ben Swain (1958), Southwestern Louisiana's Andrew Toney (1980) and Indiana's D.J. White (2008)

Alaska (2) - Duke's Trajan Langdon (1998 and 1999) and Carlos Boozer (2002)

Arizona (5) - Duke's Mark Alarie (1986), Duke's Marvin Bagley III (2018), Gonzaga's Brandon Clarke (2019), Marquette's Markus Howard (2019 and 2020) and Brigham Young's Joe Richey (1953)

Arkansas (9) - Oklahoma State's James Anderson (2010), Texas Western's Jim Barnes (1964), Gonzaga's Frank Burgess (1961), San Diego State's Michael Cage (1984), Memphis State's Keith Lee (1982-83-84-85), Minnesota's Quincy Lewis (1999), Seattle's Eddie Miles (1963), Kentucky's Malik Monk (2017) and Memphis State's Dexter Reed (1977)

California (43) - Baylor's James Akinjo (2022), UNLV's Stacey Augmon (1991), Oregon's Greg Ballard (1977), Oregon State's Fred Boyd (1982), Arizona State's Joe Caldwell (1963), Oregon State's Lester Conner (1982), New Mexico's Michael Cooper (1978), Penn's Howie Dallmar (1945), Boston College's Jared Dudley (2007), Brigham Young's John Fairchild (1965), Kansas' Drew Gooden (2002), Utah State's Cornell Green (1962), Texas' Jordan Hamilton (2011), Arizona State's James Harden (2009), Brigham Young's Mel Hutchins (1951), Arizona's Stanley Johnson (2015), Oregon State's Steve Johnson (1980 and 1981), Arizona's Steve Kerr (1988), Weber State's Damian Lillard (2012), Oregon's Stan Love (1971), Oregon State's John Mandic (1942), Utah's Billy McGill (1960 through 1962), Utah's Andre Miller (1998 and 1999), Arizona's Chris Mills (1993), Duke's DeMarcus Nelson (2008), Notre Dame's Kevin O'Shea (1947 through 1950), Oregon State's Gary Payton (1990), Kansas' Paul Pierce (1998), Kentucky's Tayshaun Prince (2001 and 2002), UNLV's J.R. Rider (1993), Creighton's Paul Silas (1962 through 1964), Arizona's Miles Simon (1998), Boston College's Craig Smith (2005 and 2006), Brigham Young's Michael Smith (1988), Temple's Terence Stansbury (1984), Oregon's Vic Townsend (1941), Vanderbilt's Jan van Breda Kolff (1974), Utah's Keith Van Horn (1996 and 1997), Kansas' Jacque Vaughn (1995 through 1997), Arizona's Derrick Williams (2011), Portland State's Freeman Williams (1977 and 1978), Kansas' Jeff Withey (2013) and Utah's Delon Wright (2015)

Colorado (9) - Utah's Art Bunte (1955 and 1956), Purdue's Joe Barry Carroll (1979 and 1980), Iowa's Chuck Darling (1952), Nevada's Nick Fazekas (2006 and 2007), Wyoming's Bill Garnett (1982), Notre Dame's Pat Garrity (1998), Wyoming's Harry Jorgensen (1955), Kansas' Mark Randall (1990) and North Carolina State's Ronnie Shavlik (1955 and 1956)

Connecticut (12) - Boston College's John Bagley (1982), Dartmouth's Gus Broberg (1940 and 1941), Massachusetts' Marcus Camby (1996), Providence's Kris Dunn (2016), UCLA's Rod Foster (1981 and 1983), Duke's Mike Gminski (1978 through 1980), Providence's Ryan Gomes (2004), Niagara's Calvin Murphy (1968 through 1970), Seattle's Frank Oleynick (1975), Villanova's John Pinone (1983), Rhode Island's Sly Williams (1978 and 1979) and Michigan's Henry Wilmore (1971 and 1972)

Delaware (1) - Temple's Terence Stansbury (1984)

District of Columbia (13) - Seattle's Elgin Baylor (1957 and 1958), Syracuse's Dave Bing (1965 and 1966), Notre Dame's Austin Carr (1970 and 1971), Utah's Jerry Chambers (1966), Duke's Johnny Dawkins (1985 and 1986), Syracuse's Sherman Douglas (1988 and 1989), Iowa's Luka Garza (2020 and 2021), San Francisco's Ollie Johnson (1965), North Carolina's Bob Lewis (1966 and 1967), Syracuse's Lawrence Moten (1995), Kansas' Thomas Robinson (2012), Duke's Jim Thompson (1934) and Providence's John Thompson Jr. (1964)

Florida (18) - Duke's Grayson Allen, North Carolina's Joel Berry (2018), Houston's Otis Birdsong (1977), Duke's Vernon Carey Jr. (2020), North Carolina's Vince Carter (1998), North Carolina State's Chris Corchiani (1991), Oklahoma State's Joey Graham (2005), Georgia Tech's Tom Hammonds (1989), Illinois' Derek Harper (1983), Wake Forest's Frank Johnson (1981), Vanderbilt's Will Perdue (1988), Villanova's Howard Porter (1969 through 1971), Kansas State's Mitch Richmond (1988), Duke's Austin Rivers (2012), Louisville's Clifford Rozier (1994), Ohio State's D'Angelo Russell (2015), Minnesota's Mychal Thompson (1977 and 1978) and Kansas' Walt Wesley (1966)

Georgia (27) - California's Shareef Abdur-Rahim (1996), Virginia's Malcolm Brogdon (2015 and 2016), Providence's Marshon Brooks (2011), Marquette's Jae Crowder (2012), North Carolina's Hook Dillon (1946 and 1947), Florida State's Toney Douglas (2009), Tennessee's Dale Ellis (1982 and 1983), Louisville's Pervis Ellison (1989), Southern Illinois' Walt Frazier (1967), Oklahoma's Harvey Grant (1988), Clemson's Horace Grant (1987), Grambling's Charles Hardnett (1961 and 1962), Utah's Merv Jackson (1968), Tennessee's Reggie Johnson (1980), Auburn's Walker Kessler (2022), Mississippi State's Jeff Malone (1983), Kentucky's Jodie Meeks (2009), Baylor's Davion Mitchell (2021), Auburn's Mike Mitchell (1978), Arkansas' JD Notae (2022), Clemson's Tree Rollins (1977), Kentucky State's Elmore Smith (1971), Auburn's Jabari Smith Jr. (2022), Kentucky's Bill Spivey (1950 and 1951), Florida State's Al Thornton (2007), Kentucky's Kenny Walker (1985 and 1986) and North Carolina's Al Wood (1980 and 1981)

Idaho (1) - Brigham Young's Roland Minson (1951)

Illinois (65) - Ohio State's Keita Bates-Diop (2018), Minnesota's Jim Brewer (1973), Seattle's Charley Brown (1958 and 1959), Villanova's Jalen Brunson (2018), Indiana's Quinn Buckner (1974 through 1976), Iowa's Carl Cain (1956), Penn's Corky Calhoun (1973), Detroit's Bob Calihan (1939), West Virginia's Jevon Carter (2018), Kansas' Sherron Collins (2009 and 2010), Wisconsin's Bobby Cook (1947), Kentucky's Anthony Davis (2012), Indiana's Archie Dees (1957 and 1958), Detroit's Bill Ebben (1957), Marquette's Bo Ellis (1975 through 1977), California's Larry Friend (1957), William & Mary's Chet Giermak (1950), Michigan's Rickey Green (1976 and 1977), Indiana's A.J. Guyton (2000), Wisconsin's Ethan Happ (2017 and 2019), Notre Dame's Tom Hawkins (1958 and 1959), Michigan's Juwan Howard (1994), Kentucky's Dan Issel (1969 and 1970), Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky (2015), Central Missouri's Earl Keth (1938), Minnesota's Tom Kondla (1967), Notre Dame's Moose Krause (1932 through 1934), Iowa's Ronnie Lester (1979 and 1980), Ohio State's E.J. Liddell (2022), Oklahoma A&M's Bob Mattick (1954), Marquette's Jerel McNeal (2009), Colorado's Cliff Meely (1971), Dartmouth's George Munroe (1942), Iowa's Don Nelson (1961 and 1962), Wisconsin's Ab Nicholas (1952), Duke's Jahlil Okafor (2015), Duke's Jabari Parker (2014), Valparaiso's Alec Peters (2017), Houston's Gary Phillips (1961), Kansas State's Jacob Pullen (2011), Murray State's Bennie Purcell (1952), Wisconsin's Don Rehfeldt (1950), Notre Dame's Eddie Riska (1941), Marquette's Doc Rivers (1982 and 1983), Wyoming's Flynn Robinson (1965), Kansas' Dave Robisch (1971), Memphis' Derrick Rose (2008), Michigan's Cazzie Russell (1964 through 1966), Duke's Jon Scheyer (2010), Evansville's Jerry Sloan (1965), Purdue's Forrest Sprowl (1942), Notre Dame's Jack Stephens (1955), Indiana's Isiah Thomas (1981), Wisconsin's Alando Tucker (2007), Ohio State's Evan Turner (2010), Kentucky's Tyler Ulis (2016), Wichita State's Fred VanVleet (2014), Marquette's Dwyane Wade (2003), Arkansas' Darrell Walker (1983), Marquette's Lloyd Walton (1976), Marquette's Jerome Whitehead (1978), Cincinnati's George Wilson (1963), Kansas' Julian Wright (2007), Arizona's Michael Wright (2001) and Georgia Tech's Rich Yunkus (1970 and 1971)

Indiana (44) - Michigan State's Chet Aubuchon (1940), Tennessee State's Dick Barnett (1958 and 1959), Xavier's Trevon Bluiett (2018), Cincinnati's Ron Bonham (1963 and 1964), Denver's Vince Boryla (1949), Louisville's Junior Bridgeman (1975), Wyoming's Joe Capua (1956), Memphis' Rodney Carney (2006), East Tennessee State's Tom Chilton (1961), Kentucky's Louie Dampier (1966 and 1967), North Carolina State's Dick Dickey (1948 and 1950), Kentucky's LeRoy Edwards (1935), Arizona's Jason Gardner (2002 and 2003), Western Michigan's Harold Gensichen (1943), Virginia's Kyle Guy (2018 and 2019), Florida's Joe Hobbs (1958), Georgia Tech's Roger Kaiser (1960 and 1961), Wyoming's Milo Komenich (1943), Texas' Jim Krivacs (1979), Kansas' Clyde Lovellette (1950 through 1952), Kentucky's Kyle Macy (1978 through 1980), North Carolina's Sean May (2005), Drake's Willie McCarter (1969), Tennessee State's Porter Merriweather (1960), North Carolina State's Vic Molodet (1956), North Carolina's Eric Montross (1993 and 1994), Texas Christian's Lee Nailon (1998), Kentucky's Cotton Nash (1962 through 1964), Ohio State's Greg Oden (2007), Kentucky's Jack Parkinson (1946), Duke's Mason Plumlee (2013), Louisville's Jim Price (1972), Northwestern's Ray Ragelis (1951), North Carolina State's Sam Ranzino (1950 and 1951), Cincinnati's Oscar Robertson (1958 through 1960), Michigan State's Scott Skiles (1986), Wake Forest's Jeff Teague (2009), Ohio State's Deshaun Thomas (2013), Tennessee's Gene Tormohlen (1959), North Carolina State's Monte Towe (1974), Michigan's John Townsend (1937 and 1938), Southern California's Ralph Vaughn (1940), UCLA's Mike Warren (1967 and 1968) and North Carolina's's Tyler Zeller (2012)

Iowa (8) - North Carolina's Harrison Barnes (2012), Creighton's Ed Beisser (1943), Kansas' Nick Collison (2003), Kansas' Kirk Hinrich (2002 and 2003), Creighton's Kyle Korver (2003), Kansas' Raef LaFrentz (1997, Creighton's Doug McDermott (2012 through 2014) and 1998) and Carleton's Wayne Sparks (1937)

Kansas (7) - Kentucky's Bob Brannum (1944), Kentucky's Willie Cauley-Stein (2015), Vanderbilt's Matt Freije (2004), Army's Dale Hall (1945), Colorado's Jack Harvey (1940), Villanova's Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (2021) and Oklahoma's Gerry Tucker (1943 and 1947)

Kentucky (19) - Navy's Buzz Borries (1934), Florida State's Dave Cowens (1970), Cincinnati's Ralph Davis (1960), Tennessee Tech's Jimmy Hagan (1959), Alabama's Jerry Harper (1956), Tennessee's Allan Houston (1992 and 1993), Virginia's Jeff Lamp (1980 and 1981), Tennessee's Chris Lofton (2006 through 2008), Louisiana State's Rudy Macklin (1980 and 1981), Duke's Jeff Mullins (1963 and 1964), Ohio State's Arnie Risen (1945), Ohio State's D'Angelo Russell (2015), Tennessee's Danny Schultz (1964), Furman's Frank Selvy (1952 through 1954), Army's Mike Silliman (1966), Xavier's Hank Stein (1958), Cincinnati's Tom Thacker (1963), Duquesne's Jim Tucker (1952) and South Carolina's Grady Wallace (1957)

Louisiana (14) - Texas' D.J. Augustin (2008), Creighton's Benoit Benjamin (1985), Baylor's Jared Butler (2020 and 2021), Duke's Chris Duhon (2004), Houston's Louis Dunbar (1974), Iowa State's Marcus Fizer (2000), Vanderbilt's Shan Foster (2008), Houston's Elvin Hayes (1966 through 1968), Villanova's Kerry Kittles (1995 and 1996), Georgetown's Greg Monroe (2010), Kentucky's Cotton Nash (1962 through 1964), Oklahoma's Hollis Price (2003), Jacksonville's James Ray (1980) and Kentucky's Rick Robey (1977 and 1978)

Maryland (27) - Virginia's Justin Anderson (2015), Boston College's John Austin (1965 and 1966), Kansas State's Michael Beasley (2008), Wyoming's Charles Bradley (1981), North Carolina State's Kenny Carr (1976 and 1977), San Francisco's Quintin Dailey (1982), Notre Dame's Adrian Dantley (1975 and 1976), Michigan's Hunter Dickinson (2021), Texas' Kevin Durant (2007), Syracuse's C.J. Fair (2014), Duke's Danny Ferry (1988 and 1989), North Carolina's Joseph Forte (2001), Washington's Markelle Fultz (2017), Connecticut's Rudy Gay (2006), Notre Dame's Jerian Grant (2015), Kansas' Tony Guy (1982), Villanova's Josh Hart (2016 and 2017), Davidson's Fred Hetzel (1963 through 1965), North Carolina's Ty Lawson (2009), North Carolina State's Rodney Monroe (1991), Indiana's Victor Oladipo (2013), Duke's Nolan Smith (2011), Virginia Tech's Dale Solomon (1982), Saint Joseph's Delonte West (2004), North Carolina State's Hawkeye Whitney (1980), Georgetown's Reggie Williams (1987) and Pittsburgh's Sam Young (2009)

Massachusetts (14) - Rutgers' James Bailey (1978 and 1979), Villanova's Michael Bradley (2001), Notre Dame's Bonzie Colson (2017), Georgetown's Patrick Ewing (1982 through 1985), Rhode Island State's Chet Jaworski (1939), Yale's Tony Lavelli (1946 through 1949), Oregon's Ron Lee (1974 through 1976), Marshall's Russell Lee (1972), Rhode Island State's Stan Modzelewski (1942), Connecticut's Shabazz Napier (2014), Iowa State's Georges Niang (2015 and 2016), Ohio State's Scoonie Penn (1999 and 2000), Michigan's Rumeal Robinson (1990) and Providence's Jimmy Walker (1965 through 1967)

Michigan (20) - Duke's Shane Battier (2000 and 2001), Dayton's Bill Chmielewski (1962), Syracuse's Derrick Coleman (1989 and 1990), New Mexico's Mel Daniels (1967), Memphis' Chris Douglas-Roberts (2008), Arizona's Bob Elliott (1977), Canisius' Larry Fogle (1974), Iowa State's Jeff Grayer (1988), Texas Western's Bobby Joe Hill (1966), Florida's Al Horford (2007), Kansas' Josh Jackson (2017), Arkansas' George Kok (1948), North Carolina's Tom LaGarde (1977), Alabama State's Kevin Loder (1981), Temple's Mark Macon (1988), Tennessee State's Carlos Rogers (1994), Purdue's Steve Scheffler (1990), Missouri's Doug Smith (1990 and 1991), Bradley's Chet Walker (1960 through 1962) and Iowa's Sam Williams (1968)

Minnesota (8) - Kansas' Cole Aldrich (2010), Boston College's Troy Bell (2001 and 2003), Gonzaga's Chet Holmgren (2022), Dayton's John Horan (1955), Duke's Tre Jones (2020), Gonzaga's Jalen Suggs (2021), Wisconsin's Jordan Taylor (2011) and South Dakota State's Nate Wolters (2013)

Mississippi (5) - Missouri's Melvin Booker (1994), Murray State's Isaiah Canaan (2012), Louisiana State's Chris Jackson (1989 and 1990), UC Irvine's Kevin Magee (1981 and 1982) and Alabama's Derrick McKey (1987)

Missouri (20) - UCLA's Lucius Allen (1968), Princeton's Bill Bradley (1963 through 1965), Idaho State's Lawrence Butler (1979), Duke's Chris Carrawell (2000), Notre Dame's Ben Hansbrough (2011), North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough (2006 through 2009), Tulsa's Steve Harris (1985), Southern Methodist's Jon Koncak (1985), Southern Methodist's Jim Krebs (1957), Oklahoma A&M's Bob Kurland (1944 through 1946), Kansas' Ben McLemore (2013), Drake's Red Murrell (1958), Tulsa's Bob Patterson (1955), Georgetown's Otto Porter Jr. (2013), Kansas' Fred Pralle (1938), Texas-Pan American's Marshall Rogers (1976), Notre Dame's Dick Rosenthal (1954), Kansas' Brandon Rush (2008), Kansas' Jo Jo White (1967 through 1969) and Memphis State's Win Wilfong (1957)

Montana (3) - Iowa's Chuck Darling (1952), Utah State's Wayne Estes (1964 and 1965) and Duke's Mike Lewis (1968)

Nebraska (6) - Kansas State's Bob Boozer (1958 and 1959), South Dakota State's Mike Daum (2019), George Washington's Bob Faris (1939), Michigan's Mike McGee (1981), Wyoming's Les Witte (1932 and 1934) and Iowa's Andre Woolridge (1997)

Nevada (3) - New Mexico's Darington Hobson (2010), Arizona State's Lionel Hollins (1975) and Missouri's Willie Smith (1976)

New Jersey (40) - Miami's Rick Barry (1964 and 1965), Temple's Mike Bloom (1938), West Virginia's Da'Sean Butler (2010), DePaul's Clyde Bradshaw (1980), Illinois' Tal Brody (1965), Notre Dame's Gary Brokaw (1974), George Washington's Corky Devlin (1955), Providence's Vinnie Ernst (1963), Morehead State's Kenneth Faried (2011), Dayton's Henry Finkel (1966), Columbia's Chet Forte (1957), Villanova's Randy Foye (2006), South Carolina's Skip Harlicka (1968), Holy Cross' Tom Heinsohn (1955 and 1956), Duke's Bobby Hurley (1992 and 1993), North Carolina's Tommy Kearns (1957 and 1958), Kentucky's Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (2012), Pittsburgh's Brandin Knight (2002), Stanford's Brevin Knight (1997), Southern California's Mo Layton (1971), Villanova's Bill Melchionni (1966), Providence's Eric Murdock (1991), Notre Dame's Troy Murphy (2000 and 2001), Seattle's Eddie O'Brien (1953), Seattle's Johnny O'Brien (1952 and 1953), North Carolina's Mike O'Koren (1978 through 1980), Holy Cross' Togo Palazzi (1953 and 1954), Notre Dame's David Rivers (1988), Massachusetts' Lou Roe (1994 and 1995), Iowa's Ben Selzer (1934), Notre Dame's John Shumate (1974), Duke's Jim Spanarkel (1978 and 1979), Kansas' Tyshawn Taylor (2012), Kentucky's Karl-Anthony Towns (2015), Notre Dame's Kelly Tripucka (1979 through 1981), Duke's Bob Verga (1966 and 1967), Saint Joseph's Bryan Warrick (1981 and 1982), Xavier's David West (2002 and 2003), Long Island's Sherman White (1950) and Duke's Jason Williams (2001 and 2002)

New Mexico (2) - Kansas' Bill Bridges (1961) and West Texas State's Charles Halbert (1942)

New York (92) - UCLA's Lew Alcindor (1967 through 1969), Georgia Tech's Kenny Anderson (1990 and 1991), Penn State's Jesse Arnelle (1955), Minnesota's Ron Behagen (1973), Kansas State's Rolando Blackman (1980 and 1981), Duke's Elton Brand (1999), North Carolina's Pete Brennan (1958), Dartmouth's Audie Brindley (1944), Utah's Ticky Burden (1975), North Carolina State's Lorenzo Charles (1984), Missouri's Derrick Chievous (1987), Illinois' Kofi Cockburn (2021 and 2022), New Mexico State's Jimmy Collins (1970), Holy Cross' Bob Cousy (1948 through 1950), North Carolina's Billy Cunningham (1964 and 1965), Wake Forest's Charlie Davis (1971), Wichita State's Cleanthony Early (2014), Maryland's Len Elmore (1974), Massachusetts' Julius Erving (1971), Georgia's Vern Fleming (1984), Brigham Young's Jimmer Fredette (2010), Louisville's Francisco Garcia (2005), Louisville's Don Goldstein (1959), Louisiana State's Al Green (1979), Duquesne's Sihugo Green (1954 through 1956), UNLV's Sidney Green (1983), Tennessee's Ernie Grunfeld (1976 and 1977), North Carolina State's Tom Gugliotta (1992), Penn's Ron Haigler (1975), Loyola of Chicago's Jerry Harkness (1963), Notre Dame's Billy Hassett (1945), Hawaii's Tom Henderson (1974), Villanova's Larry Hennessy (1952 and 1953), Duke's Art Heyman (1961 through 1963), North Carolina State's Julius Hodge (2004), Xavier's Tu Holloway (2011), Baylor's Vinnie Johnson (1979), West Virginia's Kevin Jones (2012), South Carolina's Kevin Joyce (1973), Holy Cross' George Kaftan (1947 and 1948), Guilford's Bob Kauffman (1968), Cincinnati's Sean Kilpatrick (2014), Maryland's Albert King (1980 and 1981), Tennessee's Bernard King (1975 through 1977), North Carolina's Mitch Kupchak (1975 and 1976), Duke's Christian Laettner (1991 and 1992), North Carolina's York Larese (1959 through 1961), Marquette's Butch Lee (1977 and 1978), Davidson's Mike Maloy (1968 through 1970), Georgia Tech's Stephon Marbury (1996), Kentucky's Jamal Mashburn (1993), Louisville's Rodney McCray (1983), Richmond's Bob McCurdy (1975), Marquette's Dean Meminger (1970 and 1971), North Carolina's Doug Moe (1961), Notre Dame's John Moir (1936-37-38), Florida's Joakim Noah (2007), Louisville's Jordan Nwora (2020), Boston College's Jim O'Brien (1971), Kentucky's Bernie Opper (1939), Idaho's Ken Owens (1982), North Carolina's Sam Perkins (1982 through 1984), Connecticut's A.J. Price (2008), Villanova's Allan Ray (2006), Arizona's Khalid Reeves (1994), South Carolina's Tom Riker (1972), Kentucky's Pat Riley (1966), South Carolina's John Roche (1969 through 1971), North Carolina's Lennie Rosenbluth (1956 and 1957), Georgia Tech's John Salley (1986), North Carolina's Charlie Scott (1968 through 1970), Rutgers' Phil Sellers (1975 and 1976), Iowa State's Don Smith (1968), North Carolina's Kenny Smith (1987), Louisville's Russ Smith (2013 and 2014), Providence's Kevin Stacom (1974), DePaul's Rod Strickland (1988), Miami of Ohio's Wally Szczerbiak (1999), Marquette's Earl Tatum (1976), Princeton's Chris Thomforde (1967), Marquette's George Thompson (1969), Iowa State's Jamaal Tinsley (2001), Marquette's Bernard Toone (1979), Dayton's Obi Toppin (2020), Connecticut's Kemba Walker (2011), Providence's Lenny Wilkens (1960), Southern California's Gus Williams (1975), Austin Peay's Fly Williams (1973), Michigan's Henry Wilmore (1971 and 1972), Wyoming's Tony Windis (1959), Tennessee's Howard Wood (1981) and Marquette's Sam Worthen (1980)

North Carolina (21) - Fresno State's Courtney Alexander (2000), Indiana's Walt Bellamy (1960), UCLA's Henry Bibby (1972), Kansas' Devon Dotson (2020), Kansas State's Mike Evans (1978), Furman's Darrell Floyd (1955 and 1956), Georgetown's Sleepy Floyd (1981 and 1982), Kansas' Devonte' Graham (2018), Minnesota's Lou Hudson (1965 and 1966), Minnesota's Bobby Jackson (1997), Maryland's John Lucas (1974 through 1976), Kansas' Danny Manning (1986 through 1988), Louisiana State's Pete Maravich (1968 through 1970), Lamar's Mike Olliver (1981), Texas' P.J. Tucker (2006), Kentucky's John Wall (2010), Xavier's David West (2002), Tennessee's Tony White (1987), Georgia's Dominique Wilkins (1981 and 1982), Maryland's Buck Williams (1981) and Tennessee's Grant Williams (2019)

Ohio (24) - Michigan's Trey Burke (2013), Southern California's Sam Clancy (2002), Washington State's Don Collins (1980), Northwestern's Evan Eschmeyer (1999), Notre Dame's Bob Faught (1942), Michigan's Gary Grant (1987 and 1988), Michigan State's Johnny Green (1958 and 1959), Kentucky's Kevin Grevey (1974 and 1975), Kentucky's Alex Groza (1947 through 1949), Michigan's Phil Hubbard (1977), Duke's Luke Kennard (2017), Southwestern Louisiana's Bo Lamar (1972 and 1973), Pittsburgh's Jerome Lane (1987 and 1988), Kentucky's Jim Line (1950), Indiana's Scott May (1975 and 1976), Purdue's Todd Mitchell (1988), Notre Dame's John Paxson (1982 and 1983), Kentucky's Mike Pratt (1970), Long Beach State's Ed Ratleff (1972 and 1973), Arkansas' Alvin Robertson (1984), Davidson's Dick Snyder (1966), North Carolina State's Bobby Speight (1953), Oklahoma Baptist's Albert Tucker (1966 and 1967) and Kansas State's Chuckie Williams (1976)

Oklahoma (7) - Texas Western's Jim Barnes (1964), San Francisco's Winford Boynes (1978), Arkansas' Lee Mayberry (1992), Kansas State's Willie Murrell (1964), Georgia Tech's Mark Price (1984 through 1986), Syracuse's Etan Thomas (2000) and Duke's Shelden Williams (2005 and 2006)

Oregon (9) - Brigham Young's Danny Ainge (1979 through 1981), Duke's Mike Dunleavy (2002), UCLA's Kevin Love (2008), Gonzaga's Blake Stepp (2004), Arizona's Damon Stoudamire (1995), Arizona's Salim Stoudamire (2005), UCLA's Richard Washington (1975 and 1976), Gonzaga's Nigel Williams-Goss (2017) and Gonzaga's Kyle Wiltjer (2015)

Pennsylvania (50) - Duke's Gene Banks (1979 and 1981), Kentucky's Sam Bowie (1981 and 1984), Kansas' Wilt Chamberlain (1957 and 1958), Wake Forest's Len Chappell (1961 and 1962), Syracuse's Rakeem Christmas (2015), DePaul's Dallas Comegys (1987), Seton Hall's Bob Davies (1941 and 1942), Cincinnati's Danny Fortson (1996 and 1997), Loyola Marymount's Hank Gathers (1989 and 1990), UNLV's Armon Gilliam (1987), North Carolina's George Glamack (1940), Duke's Dick Groat (1951 and 1952), Connecticut's Richard Hamilton (1998 and 1999), UCLA's Walt Hazzard (1963 and 1964), Duke's Gerald Henderson (2009), Kansas' Wayne Hightower (1960 and 1961), West Texas State's Simmie Hill (1969), George Washington's Joe Holup (1956), Virginia's De'Andre Hunter (2019), Loyola Marymount's Bo Kimble (1990), Duke's Ed Koffenberger (1946 and 1947), Rutgers' Bob Lloyd (1967), Drake's Lewis Lloyd (1980 and 1981), Navy's Elliott Loughlin (1933), Marquette's Maurice Lucas (1974), Duke's Jack Marin (1966), Connecticut's Donyell Marshall (1994), Vanderbilt's Billy McCaffrey (1993), Michigan State's Julius McCoy (1956), Maryland's Tom McMillen (1972 through 1974), North Carolina's Larry Miller (1967 and 1968), Winston-Salem State's Earl Monroe (1967), Kansas' Marcus Morris (2011), Syracuse's Billy Owens (1990 and 1991), Virginia's Barry Parkhill (1972 and 1973), North Carolina State's Lou Pucillo (1959), North Carolina State's John Richter (1959), West Virginia's Wil Robinson (1972), North Carolina's Lee Shaffer (1959 and 1960), West Virginia's Lloyd Sharrar (1958), Virginia's Sean Singletary (2007), Utah's Mike Sojourner (1974), Weber State's Willie Sojourner (1971), Cincinnati's Jack Twyman (1955), Michigan State's Horace Walker (1960), Virginia's Wally Walker (1976), North Carolina's Rasheed Wallace (1995), Syracuse's Hakim Warrick (2004 and 2005) and North Carolina's Dennis Wuycik (1972)

South Carolina (7) - Connecticut's Ray Allen (1995 and 1996), North Carolina's Raymond Felton (2005), North Carolina's Brice Johnson (2016), Louisiana State's Pete Maravich (1968 through 1970), Wichita State's Xavier McDaniel (1985), Murray State's Ja Morant (2019) and Duke's Zion Williamson (2019)

Tennessee (14) - Wake Forest's Skip Brown (1977), Arkansas' Todd Day (1991 and 1992), Kentucky's Tony Delk (1996), Oral Roberts' Richie Fuqua (1972 and 1973), Oklahoma A&M's Bob Harris (1949), Indiana's Kirk Haston (2001), Cincinnati's Paul Hogue (1961 and 1962), Mississippi State's Bailey Howell (1958 and 1959), Kansas' Dedric Lawson (2019), Western Kentucky's Tom Marshall (1954), Kentucky's Ron Mercer (1997), Mississippi's Johnny Neumann (1971), Oral Roberts' Anthony Roberts (1977) and Tulsa's Bingo Smith (1969)

Texas (25) - Oklahoma's Mookie Blaylock (1989), Kentucky's Bob Burrow (1955 and 1956), Oklahoma State's Cade Cunningham (2021), Wyoming's Fennis Dembo (1988), Arizona State's Ike Diogu (2005), Purdue's Keith Edmonson (1982), Purdue's Carsen Edwards (2018 and 2019), North Carolina's Justin Jackson (2017), UNLV's Larry Johnson (1990 and 1991), Syracuse's Wesley Johnson (2010), Oklahoma State's John Lucas III (2004), Cincinnati's Kenyon Martin (2000), Oklahoma's Eduardo Najera (2000), Connecticut's Emeka Okafor (2003 and 2004), Louisiana State's Shaquille O'Neal (1991 and 1992), UNLV's Eddie Owens (1977), Kentucky's Julius Randle (2014), Mississippi State's Lawrence Roberts (2004), Mississippi's Ansu Sesay (1998), Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart (2013 and 2014), Wichita State's Dave Stallworth (1963 through 1965), Gonzaga's Drew Timme (2021 and 2022), South Carolina's Freddie Tompkins (1934), Kentucky's P.J. Washington (2019) and Illinois' Deron Williams (2005)

Utah (3) - Montana State's Cat Thompson (1929 and 1930), Montana State's Frank Ward (1930) and Iowa's Herb Wilkinson (1945)

Virginia (19) - Duke's Tommy Amaker (1987), Maryland's Bosey Berger (1932), Kentucky's Keith Bogans (2003), Wake Forest's Randolph Childress (1995), Duke's Grant Hill (1992 through 1994), Georgetown's Allen Iverson (1996), East Tennessee State's Mister Jennings (1991), North Carolina's Kendall Marshall (2012), Kansas' Frank Mason III (2017), Georgetown's Alonzo Mourning (1989 through 1992), Kansas State's Jack Parr (1957 and 1958), Tulsa's Paul Pressey (1982), Duke's J.J. Redick (2004 through 2006), North Carolina's J.R. Reid (1988 and 1989), Villanova's Scottie Reynolds (2010), Navy's David Robinson (1986 and 1987), Georgia Tech's Dennis Scott (1990), Maryland's Joe Smith (1994 and 1995) and Xavier's David West (2002 and 2003)

Washington (7) - Duke's Paolo Banchero (2022), Oregon's Aaron Brooks (2007), Arizona's Michael Dickerson (1998), San Diego State's Malachi Flynn (2020), Arizona's Jason Terry (1999), Louisville's Terrence Williams (2009) and Oregon's Slim Wintermute (1938 and 1939)

West Virginia (2) - Virginia Tech's Chris Smith (1960) and Virginia's Buzz Wilkinson (1955)

Wisconsin (8) - St. Louis' Dick Boushka (1955), Iowa's Fred Brown (1981), Connecticut's Caron Butler (2002), Louisville's Reece Gaines (2003), Iowa's John Johnson (1970), Utah's Jeff Jonas (1977), Minnesota's Chuck Mencel (1953 and 1955) and Cincinnati's Nick Van Exel (1993)

Wyoming (1) - Utah's Vern Gardner (1948 and 1949)

NOTE: Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Vermont are the only states failing to supply an All-American for an out-of-state college.

A modest total of 13 individuals have emerged victorious as both an All-American player and head coach in NCAA Tournament competition. Michigan's Juwan Howard is the only one of them to compile winning NCAA tourney records at least two games above .500 in each category. Howard, joining Memphis' Penny Hardaway and Indiana's Mike Woodson as former All-Americans coaching their alma mater in the 2022 NCAA playoffs, advanced to a Sweet 16 for the second straight season.

Indiana's Branch McCracken, who directed the Hoosiers to NCAA tourney titles in 1940 and 1953, is the only one of the first 65 All-Americans becoming major-college mentors to finish his coaching career compiling a higher winning percentage as coach. But McCracken and Whitey Baccus, Tom Churchill, Jack Gray, Moose Krause plus John Wooden were A-As before the NCAA Tournament was introduced in 1939. A total of 42 All-Americans who became major-college coaches either did not play or coach in NCAA playoffs. Following is an alphabetical list of the 23 individuals participating in national tourney as an All-American player and bench boss (nine of them guiding their alma mater):

All-American/Tourney Coach	Playoff Record as Player	Playoff Record as Head Coach
Steve Alford	8-2 with Indiana	11-11 with Missouri State, Iowa, New Mexico and UCLA
Tommy Amaker	8-4 with Duke	4-5 with Seton Hall and Harvard
Alfred "Butch" Beard	1-3 with Louisville	0-1 with Howard University
Henry Bibby	12-0 with UCLA	3-3 with Southern California
Jimmy Collins	7-4 with New Mexico State	0-3 with Illinois-Chicago
Bob Cousy	5-1 with Holy Cross	2-2 with Boston College
Howie Dallmar	3-0 with Stanford	1-1 with Penn
Johnny Dawkins	6-3 with Duke	3-2 with Stanford and UCF
Patrick Ewing	15-3 with Georgetown	0-1 with Georgetown
Larry Finch	3-1 with Memphis State	6-6 with Memphis State
Sidney Green	0-1 with UNLV	0-1 with Florida Atlantic
Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway	1-1 with Memphis State	1-1 with Memphis
Clem Haskins	2-2 with Western Kentucky	11-8 with Western Kentucky and Minnesota
Walt Hazzard	6-4 with UCLA	1-1 with UCLA
Juwan Howard	13-3 with Michigan	5-2 with Michigan
Bobby Hurley Jr.	18-2 with Duke	1-3 with Buffalo and Arizona State
Danny Manning	13-3 with Kansas	0-2 with Tulsa and Wake Forest
Chris Mullin	6-4 with St. John's	0-1 with St. John's
Jeff Mullins	6-2 with Duke	0-3 with UNC Charlotte
Jeff Ruland	1-2 with Iona	0-3 with Iona
John Shumate	2-1 with Notre Dame	0-1 with Southern Methodist
John Thompson Jr.	0-1 with Providence	34-19 with Georgetown
Mike Woodson	2-2 with Indiana	1-1 with Indiana

Brandon Ingram (Kinston, NC) came close to becoming an All-American selection for Duke six years ago but fell short; especially following a 10-turnover outing at Louisville. Several years ago, Harry Giles (Winston-Salem, NC) was hyped as a freshman phenom but averaged an anemic 3.9 ppg and 3.8 rpg while contributing total of only nine assists in 26 games after incurring a knee injury. Neither Giles nor Ingram achieved a distinction generated by no other A-A in the school's illustrious history.

This season, Washington product Paolo Banchero became the 45th different individual to become an All-American for Duke (34 under coach Mike Krzyzewski). Incredibly, none of them spent their formative years in any of North Carolina's 100 counties and can be counted as in-state recruits. It doesn't seem possible, but State of North Carolina laid a Blue Devils' goose egg while states such as Alaska, Connecticut, Louisiana, Montana, Oklahoma and Oregon also contributed to their list of All-Americans.

By contrast, the North Carolina Tar Heels had in-state talent account for multiple-year All-Americans such as Phil Ford, Antawn Jamison, Michael Jordan, Rashad McCants and James Worthy. The official web site of the State of North Carolina says the state is "a better place." But it hasn't been for Duke in regard to securing premium players prior to Ingram. Following is an alphabetical list detailing the hometowns of Duke's 45 All-Americans coming from 23 different states plus the District of Columbia and Canada:

Despite being shut out each of last two years, Kentucky and North Carolina still rank 1-2 for most All-American honorees over the years. Duke isn't far behind UK and UNC although none of the Blue Devils' All-Americans came from the state of North Carolina.

Illinois, Notre Dame and Purdue never have won an NCAA championship despite all three schools supplying more than 20 different individuals as All-Americans. Following is a list of the top 10 universities boasting the most All-Americans since 1928-29 (AP, Converse, NABC, UPI and USBWA):